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Truth in Patient Care

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

Suicide and Patients with AIDS and HIV

not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autono...

U.S. Legislation Regarding the Rights of Patients

In nine pages this paper considers the rights of patients in a discussion of U.S. legislation designed to protect them. Four sour...

Privacy Rights and Medical Records

In five pages this paper examines electronic medical record keeping and the violation of privacy that has resulted in a considerat...

In Favor of the Right to Die

in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...

Faith-Based Counseling

anxiety or address a family problem, they may prefer faith-based counseling simply because its in a language that fits them and th...

Consideration of Medical Negligence

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

Application Of Watson’s Care Model in the Clinical Setting

well with Watsons care model. Watson has seven assumptions, the first is that care is demonstrated in an interpersonal level (Geor...

Technology Improves Emergency Rooms

their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...

Statement of Purpose for Nursing School

Nigeria is a country that has gone through significant economic struggles that has impacted the ability to sustain a healthy popul...

Illicit Drug Users and Reality Therapy

Our society is facing a very formidable enemy when it comes to substance abuse. Individuals can be addicted to alcohol, illicit...

Effects of New Health Reform Policy

income (Douglas & Burke, 2010; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011). Medicare taxes on net investment income will also increase from 0....

Issues Pertaining to Hospital Facilities

and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

JC Gear Risk Case Study

budget risk or financial risk, with the potential that the cost will be greater than estimated (Nellis and Parker, 2006). With an ...

Dementia Case

are different medications Mrs. N could take for depression, if she is depressed. There is no diagnosis to that effect. It is likel...

Societal Oppression Because of Group Discrimination

are many explanations as to why some groups seem intent on oppressing other groups. Basically, however, this oppression is a refl...

Addressing Pollution and Environmental Destruction

There are a number of problems in the world that require citizen action. Pollution is one of those problems. Pollution threatens...

Overview of Chicago's Edward J. Hines Jr. Hospital

a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...

Occupational Choices in the Field of Psychology

one will find that many fields are rife with opportunities for psychology majors. Many firms in fact hire anyone with a B.S. or B....

Nursing and Family's Role

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

Nursing Care and Patient Diagnosis

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

Australia Focus on Breast Cancer

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

Dynamics of A Group Meeting To Develop a Health Plan

to undertake this task in order to attain the desire goal, this needs input for all the members of the group. The goal is generall...

Statistics in Surgical ICU

within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...

Patient’s Possessions & Cultural Competency

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

Colostomy, Stoma and Peristoma Care

be optimized: "The whole patient, should be assessed and physical, mental and social factors taken...

Community and Patient Nursing Care and Meningococcal Meningitis

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

Senior Citizen Mental Illness Workplace Management and Prevention of Violence

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...